Public Policy

The Connecticut State Library maintains an extensive
collection of material relating to all aspects of public policy. You will find
many books and journals pertinent to your research in our
catalog, but we also
maintain extensive indexes, databases, and electronic journals collections.
Please contact us at 860-757-6500 or
email
isref@cslib.org
and we’d be glad to assist you with your research.

The Oxford Handbook of
Public Policy, ed. by Michael Moran, Martin Rein and Robert E. Goodin, 2006.
[CSL
Call Number GIRS Reference H97 .O88 2006]Table of Contents available online.

Public Administration's
Final Exam : a Pragmatist Restructuring of the Profession and the Discipline,by Michael M. Harmon, 2006. [CSL Call Number
JK421 .H295 2006]Table of Contents available online.

Dictionary of Public Policy
and Administration, by Jay M. Shafritz, 2004. [CSL Call Number GIRS Reference H97.S483 2004]
Table of Contents available online.

Women and Public Policy : A Revolution in Progress, by M. Margaret Conway, David W. Ahern and Gertrude A. Steuernagel, 2004. [CSL
Call Number HQ 236.5.U6 C66 2004]Table of Contents available online.

General Databases

Some databases are made available through paid
subscriptions or licenses and can be accessed only at the State Library.Databases available at the State Library that may address public policy
concerns include :

FirstSearch. Available at the State Library.
Over 50 online databases and 1.5 million full-text articles.

LexisNexis™ Congressional. Available at the State Library.
Comprehensive United States legislative information, current and historical.

LexisNexis™ Government Periodicals Index. Available at the State
Library.Provides detailed subject and author indexing to approximately 170 magazines and
newsletters published by the U.S. Government. Subjects range from scientific
research projects in Antarctica to zoology; from agriculture to the latest in
cancer research.

LexisNexis™ State Capital. Available at the State Library.For all 50 states, provides access to: state bills and laws, constitutions,
proposed and enacted regulations, newspapers of record, articles about
legislative issues affecting the states, legislature membership.

LexisNexis™ Statistical. Available at the State LibraryIndexes and abstracts over 100,000 federal, state and private statistical
sources.

Related agencies/organizations

Center for Policy Alternatives Provides background information on
progressive policy issues. Includes information on important state issues and
leaders.

Governing.com A resource for information professionals dealing with public
policy issues. Key features include news stories, statistics and web sites.
See
State & Local Sourcebook for Connecticut statistics on a variety of
topics including economic development, finance and management.

Stateline.org Provides information about political activity in the
50 state capitals. Features stories reported and written by staff journalists,
statistical data, and daily and weekly email newsletters.

PolicyArchive, a digital
archive of global, non-partisan policy research. View reports and
studies related to Connecticut on topics that include health, education,
finance and more.

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